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Pacing strategy for the Haute Route
Pacing strategy for the Haute Route Updated on 13.02.2023. The Haute Route events are long distance stage races over mountainous terrain...
The Tour des Stations – Marmotte GranFondo Valais
The Tour des Stations is a new event in the cyclist’s calendar, and judging by the first year’s results it is destined to become a cla...
Riding the Etape du Tour
Riding the Etape du Tour This post about the Etape du Tour starts with an introduction for non-cyclists and finishes with a detailed analys...
The harder you think the faster you go
The practical art of periodisation By Silas Cullen Periodisation in training is about changing the training load to get better results. If w...
Riding Liège-Bastogne-Liège: Part 2
When posting the strategy a few days before (read here), I promised to write the actual event up afterwards. So here it is: my perso...
Riding Liège-Bastogne-Liège: Part 1
Riding Liège-Bastogne-Liège (Part 1) We at Alpine Cols are best known for riding in the mountains, and especially the Alpine sportives suc...